Travis Barker Quotes

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• Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives.

  Travis Barker

  Tape, Stuff, Express Yourself

  "The Shotcaller Interview: Travis Barker". Interview with Ernest Baker, www.complex.com. March 15, 2011.

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• Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

  Travis Barker

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Littles

  "In A Brief Post On His MySpace Blog, Travis Barker Writes, 'Thank You For Life, And All The Little Ups And Downs That Make It Worth Living. My Best To Everyone.'". MySpace Blog post, www.aceshowbiz.com. November 29, 2008.

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• I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.

  Travis Barker

  Jobs, Fall, Play

  "Pop Quiz: Travis Baker". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. June 26, 2005.

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• A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

  Travis Barker

  Thinking, Rocks, People

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• We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

  Travis Barker

  Worry, Bigs, Big Things

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• Put me up in front of a million people and ask me to speak. I'll flop. But put me behind my drums and I'll always go with it.

  Travis Barker

  People, Speak, Ask Me

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• Playing my drums is therapy.

  Travis Barker

  Therapy

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• Take care of your colon and your colon will take care of you.

  Travis Barker

  Care, Take Care

  Tom Delonge, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker (2001). “Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom”, MTV Books

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• When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

  Travis Barker

  People, Way, Different

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• I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.

  Travis Barker

  Thinking, Rocks, Together

  Source: archive.alternativenation.net

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• But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.

  Travis Barker

  Practice, Play, Pads

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• With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.

  Travis Barker

  Song, Ideas, Rocks

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.

  Travis Barker

  Eye, Numbers, Way

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• I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

  Travis Barker

  Mean, Journey, Stuff

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• But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.

  Travis Barker

  Song, Signatures, Different

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• I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself.

  Travis Barker

  Want, Limits, Pushing

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• I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

  Travis Barker

  Rocks, Play, Style

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• I love tour, but I don't like traveling at night or driving long hours. But I love touring. If my kids could be out there full time, I'd probably never go home.

  Travis Barker

  Home, Kids, Night

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• I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.

  Travis Barker

  Littles, Poppies, Punk

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• I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

  Travis Barker

  Practice, Play, Warm

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• I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

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  Teacher, Play, Tilt

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• And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

  Travis Barker

  School, Years, Three

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• I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.

  Travis Barker

  Numbers, Records, World

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• I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.

  Travis Barker

  Song, Band, Gigs

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• I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.

  Travis Barker

  Suicide, Band, Machines

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